aFtEr sNoW...rAiN & fLoOds...

The snow melted as it started to rain...lots of rain... so this was our entry road one morning as I went to check it out...

There was a water fall on the right side of the land and I presumed the stream  must have been overflowing...

And that was the case... after one hour I managed to clean the stream taking out some eucalyptus' branches which were blocking the water flow and causing it to go over the banks straight into our land...

I also made some trenches so the water could flow away from the road and into the bottom fields, and that helped a lot too...
After fixing the river stream I could already see a major difference...

I also cut some "giesta" (Broom) branches and laid them on top of the water where it was more muddy so the van could have some traction... I did manage to drive out of the land and parked the car outside (just in case I had an emergency) ...

Now I need to put some gravel that the village hall piled on the road for people to use for that purpose... It's quite a lot of work to do it by hand, but hey...what to do ?!  That´s what I have...

I will have enough work for the whole week I guess...
I had other plans as I have lots of things I wanted to do before the permaculture course, but this is life with the elements... we are the ones going around them, and not the other way around as some people may think... the natural forces are stronger and I can only wait for better conditions to come...

It's also nice for me to learn "how the water thinks", and what to do better to prevent such situations...or how to use that force for our own benefit ... But I can't do everything at the same time , can I ?! Shantii, Shantii...one step at a time ...

This weather forces me to be more indoors, reading and resting, even though at this time it would not be tiring to be working outside either (sometimes is more restful for me than reading)... But I give thanks and enjoy it !!! The ponds are filling which is really good to handle the hot Summer... 

For those who live in the city, maybe the rain is just annoying, even though it might not even be affecting you much, unless your house leaks or some flood cuts down the electric cables... but give thanks and enjoy too, remembering that the land really needs more water to provide for the food we eat, and definitely the springs need more water to provide the water we need to drink...

I don't like to think in a fatalistic manner, but if we keep wasting and polluting the natural resources as we are at the moment, maybe sooner rather than later, water will be more precious than petrol... a little thought for us to think about...